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Digitization Services for Advanced and Professional Customers
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All of the options described below can be specified on our scanning order form (pdf).
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To Discuss Your Project, Please ContactSteve Bennett
From Our Customers...."I have been making exhibition quality photographic prints for many decades. One-person exhibitions of my dye transfer prints have been in over a hundred museums and galleries. I do all of my own 35mm slides on my own dedicated scanner, but I shot some material in the 1970s that was 13x18 cm and 6x7 film. I was pleased with my scans from Pixmonix. They handled those image scans professionally, promptly, and economically." - Luke Powell
"I am digitally archiving 40 years' worth of images of my tapestries, and chose Pixmonix to scan my old 35mm slides. They have been uniformly efficient, reasonably priced, fast, and personally engaged at every stage. I highly recommend Pixmonix." - Julia Mitchell |
Color space for TIFF FilesWe normally return TIFF images in the AdobeRGB color space (and JPEG files in sRGB color space). If you would like a different color space for TIFF files, you may specify it on your order form. There is no charge for this option. Multi-sample ScanningWe normally scan film using a single-pass/single-sample. In some cases using multiple sample technologies can enhance shadow and highlight detail and reduce digital noise in the resulting images. We can utilize hardware-supported multi-sampling to improve image detail and reduce noise. There is an additional charge for multi-scanning:
TIFF File CompressionWe normally return TIFF files uncompressed. TIFF files can be losslessly compressed (using LZW or ZIP compression) to reduce file sizes by ~10%-30% (depending on the image). If you would like TIFF files returned to you in a lossless compression format, please specify it on your order form. There is no charge for this option. Image Bit DepthWe normally scan and return images with 8 bits per color channel. Higher bit depth images can improve color rendition and gradation in some cases, particularly if heavy editing is required on the images. Our scanners and software support high-bit depth scanning. If you want images with 16 bits per color channel, please specify it on your order form. There is a charge equal to 50% of the base scanning price for 16-bit files. For more background on image bit depth, please see our image bit depth tutorial. Multiple TIFF File OptionsWe normally return only color and exposure adjusted images. If you prefer to receive the “RAW” scanner files, please specify it here. Note that these “RAW” images will include ICE, scanner exposure, and black/white point adjustments. There is a charge of $0.15 per image to receive both TIFF files. Cropping OptionsWe normally crop scanned images to remove most border effects (including removal of slide mount edges – though not rounded corners). If you would like different crops on your scans, please indicate your requirements on your order form. There is no charge for most cropping requests. We will contact you to discuss any questions or charges. Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Delivery OptionsWe are happy to return images on an external hard drive. We can purchase the drive(s) on your behalf or you are welcome to send drives to us. Drives can be formatted for Mac or PC. HDD enclosures are USB (Firewire or eSATA upon request). The drives can be formatted for Mac or PC. There is no extra charge for returning the images only on hard drive. There is a charge of $20 (in addition to DVD/CD costs) to return images on both hard drive and CD/DVD. Please contact us for current pricing on external hard drives. Custom File SizingWe normally deliver full-sized TIFF files and 4 sizes of JPEG files: full-sized, “slide show” sized (1200 pixels wide), “email” sized (480 pixels wide) and thumbnails (100 pixels wide). We are happy to customize this. There is normally no charge for image sizing requests. We will contact you if necessary to discuss any questions or charges. Custom Directory StructureWe normally return images in a simple directory structure with a folder for each file type and size. We can customize the directory structure we return to you. The cost of this customization varies based on time required. Please contact us to discuss your requirements. Custom File NamingWe normally name files in groups according to your specification. The average size of these groups must be at least 20 images. We can customize the naming used down to single images if necessary. The cost of this customization varies based on time required. Please contact us to discuss your requirements. Meta Data Entry ServicesWe can support your requirements for entry of meta data. This can include dates, photographer information, locations, keywords, descriptions or other information that you provide to us. The cost of this meta data support varies based on time required. Please contact us to discuss your requirements. If you have other requirements for the digital image files resulting from your project, please let us know. |
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Imaging professionals and advanced hobbyists often have different goals in their digitization projects from families, businesses and institutions. We have many ways to help you meet your goals. 